Bottle-labeling machine.



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T. PANKOW. BTTLE LABBLING MACHINE. APpLmA'MoN .FILED SEPT. 2s, 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. G, 1906.

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Application liled September 2B, 1904. Sera-l Nok 225,678.

To @ZZ whom may concern:

Tale it known that l, l`nnononn lhw'itow, s

citizen of the lcfnited Staart-es, residingr et Shinn Fells, South lllzikote, have invented certain and useful improvements in Bottle- Machines, of which the following; cation. i u send invention relates to a. machine for applying labels vto the bodies und necks otl bottles; end l lieve aimed to provide e simple, durable, end efficient machine cepa-ble ofreceiving the bottles from e. feeding device, simultaneously applyingr labels to the neck and body oi erich bottle, and ejectinn` the bottles automatically troni the machine.

1With these end other objectsln 'view thel invention comprises the construction. end

arrangement of parte licrcii'ieiter described, and particularly set iorth in the appended claims. The invention is illustrated in the eccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is ev side elevation. part sectional plan. Fig. i?) is :i part end. elcvatioIL Fig. 4 is s perspective det-eil of the slide, end Fig. 5 is e similer view of the labelsupporting table.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a pair of guides upon which s cerriage or slide 2 runs, being 'propelled beck endforth by suitable operating connections, such as link 3, connected to lug' -l at one end and et the other to crank 5, driven by beltpulley 'l'."he carriage or slide is of substantially U shape, having` two arms 2a, which are spaced sniiciently for apart to permit a bottle to pass through between them for the mejor portions, the arms having their ior- Werd portions projected 'toward eti-ch other, as et 12b, where the bottle-neck cornes. At one end ol' the guides l and beneath the seme is located e label-carrying table 7, upon which the two piles oi lebels L L' are suitably carried. upon e plate which. is. carried by e vertice-l rod 9, mounted to slide in a bracket 1l), secured to the frame of the machine, the rod being rsisedsnd lowered by the action of' s cam 11, secured on e transverse shaft l2. After e. bottle hss been properly labeled the carriage is drawn backward along the guide- Weys to receive new labels from the piles, and on its backward movement the under side el the arms ere gumrned (or if the labels are Fig. 2 is e vprevioussly-gommed labels then the arms are simply moistened) by s suitable gumming or This 4table is yieldingly supportedinoisteningi device. As n convenient ineens tor accomplishing this l provide n. pasting or moisteninpg roller 1.3, ionrnnled in s, suitable recciltncle il, carried. by n. rod l5, which slides vertically in :t bracket 16, carried by or secured to the ninchine-'iinme.` The lower end of the rod is designed to Contact withv and be operated by e` cem l? on the transverse shalt i8. Alter the carriage has moved beck into o. position directly above the labels the pile of labels is raised by the cem 1l until the topinost labels are forced against the ,summed or moist-cned under sides of the erinsto which ol" course the labels adhere. The carrie is then propelled forward again until it cornes beneath. guide or hop )er in which the bottle i9 is held. These guides are simply yielding arms 2l), pivoted to supporting-plates 21 and pressed toward eech other by springs 22, end when the carriage is in position beneath the spring-arms plunger 23 forces the bottle down between `the arms of the carriage, sind es'it passes down the labels ere applied to the body end neck by suitable :flexible wipers 2,4, carried by the guides 1., which drew the labels tightly around the `bottle and neck and press the gummed edges, l which have been pulled away trom the arms by the downward movement, closely against the bottle. The plunger is held upwardly by 'n spring 25 and is depressedegainst.the tension of the spring; by the action or en arm 26,

carried by n shaft 27 driven Afrom the crankshaft by chain 2S and sprockets 2Q and 30.

The shafts 12 and. 18 are operated by thesanie sprocket-chain which passes around or engages the teeth of wheels 31 and P2 on said shafts.

I prefer to 'feed the bottles to the machine by an endless carrier 33, passing; around wheels 34 and 35 end having pawls or the like Jfor engegii the mouths ol' the bottles.

ln order to eilect n pause in the movement of the slide at each end of the stroke to allow the labels to be raised et one end. und the bottle to be forced down by the plunger et the opposite end, the link 3 is provided with a, slot, which forms n limited sliding' connection with the lug or projection 4.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim l.. In combination, nsuitnble guide, a

forked carrier traveling thereon, yielding bottl.=. .-holding'ineens4 at one end of the guide, ineens for supporting' a pile of labels et the other end of the guide, a roller between said carrier a material holding a pile'nf bota@ honing nieans and label-holding ineans, for supplying to the under side of said to cause the labels to adhere thereto7 means for reciprocating the carrier and for raising and lowering the roller and label-support and means for feeding bottles down through between the arnis ofthe carrier', substantially as described. i

2. -ln combination'` a suitable guide, a

forked carrier traveling thereoi\i\5fieldi11g botend of the guide,

tie-holding means ,at one a" vertieallymovable plunger, a\ plate for labels yieldingly supported by said plunger, a cam for raising andlowering the plunger, a second plunger, a roller supported thereby, av cani for raising and 'lowering said secondplunger, nieans for reciprocating the carrier, and ineans foi' feeding the bottles, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a suitable frame includ-l ing a horizontal guide, yielding bottle-supporting means-at one end thereof, aforked carrier traveling in said guide, a crank-shaft journaled in the frame having a pitnian connecting it te the slide, a vertically-movable label holder, a roller beneath the carrier, a second earn-shaft having a cani for raising and lowlWheels,

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support beneath the carrier, a canishaft having a cani for operating the labelering the yroller, sproclret viheels on the 3o crank-shaft and cain'- shafts and a single sprocket-chain engaging all said sprocketsubstantially as described.

' 4. In coinbifnation, a suitable frame including avhorizoi'ital guide yielding bottle-supporting means at one end thereof, .a forked carrier traveling in said guide, a crank-shaft journaled in the frame having a 'pi'tinan connecting it to the slide, a vertically-movable label-support beneath the carrier, a earrishaft having a cani for operating the labelholder, a roller beneath the carrier, a second THEoDo-RE PANKoW. Witnesses: i

D.- L. MCKINNEY, M. L. ENGEBRETsoN.

having a cam for raising and low-4 

